Really hot weather descends on the nation’s capital. It’s expected to be around through the weekend when the heat index could go as high as 109.
PHOTOS: Heat wave hits DC
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People sit at the fountain in the World War II Memorial on July 20, 2022 in Washington, DC. Along with other cities across the U.S. temperatures in DC are expected to rise over the next few days and reach 100 degrees by this weekend.
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A bus driver sits in the doorway of a bus outside the Pentagon on July 20, 2022 in Arlington, Virginia. Along with other cities across the U.S., temperatures in DC are expected to rise over the next few days and reach 100 degrees by this weekend.
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Visitors look out over the Tidal Basin on July 20, 2022 in Washington, DC. Along with other cities across the U.S., temperatures in DC are expected to rise over the next few days and reach 100 degrees by this weekend.
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A man sells water bottles from a shopping cart as tourists walk on the National Mall on July 20, 2022 in Washington, DC. Along with other cities across the U.S. temperatures in DC are expected to rise over the next few days and reach 100 degrees by this weekend.
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Tourists use an umbrella to protect them from the sun as they visit the World War II Memorial on July 20, 2022 in Washington, DC. Along with other cities across the U.S. temperatures in DC are expected to rise over the next few days and reach 100 degrees by this weekend.
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A worker with Please Purify Water Solutions does work on the Reflecting Pool at the National Mall on July 20, 2022 in Washington, DC. Along with other cities across the U.S. temperatures in DC are expected to rise over the next few days and reach 100 degrees by this weekend.
(Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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A worker with Please Purify Water Solutions does work on the Reflecting Pool at the National Mall on July 20, 2022 in Washington, DC. Along with other cities across the U.S. temperatures in DC are expected to rise over the next few days and reach 100 degrees by this weekend.
(Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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Air conditioner units sit in windows of an apartment building on July 20, 2022 in Washington, DC. Along with other cities across the U.S. temperatures in DC are expected to rise over the next few days and reach 100 degrees by this weekend.
(Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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Tourists visit the World War II Memorial on July 20, 2022 in Washington, DC. Along with other cities across the U.S. temperatures in DC are expected to rise over the next few days and reach 100 degrees by this weekend.
(Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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A man sits in the shade near parked food trucks by the U.S. Capitol on July 20, 2022 in Washington, DC. Along with other cities across the U.S. temperatures in DC are expected to rise over the next few days and reach 100 degrees by this weekend.
(Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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People sit at the fountain in the World War II Memorial on July 20, 2022 in Washington, DC. Along with other cities across the U.S. temperatures in DC are expected to rise over the next few days and reach 100 degrees by this weekend.
(Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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People purchase ice cream from an ice cream truck near the U.S. Capitol on July 20, 2022 in Washington, DC. Along with other cities across the U.S. temperatures in DC are expected to rise over the next few days and reach 100 degrees by this weekend.
(Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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A family of tourists sit at the fountain in the World War II Memorial on July 20, 2022 in Washington, DC. Along with other cities across the U.S. temperatures in DC are expected to rise over the next few days and reach 100 degrees by this weekend.
(Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
